British Movietone
RAILWAY OF DEATH
From Moulmein in Burma to Bangkok in Siam, hundreds of thousands of Chinese, Malays, Burmese, Indians and twenty-five thousand Allied prisoners of war built the ""Railway of Death"". Thousands died and their rough graves line the side of...
British Movietone
SURRENDERS - MANILA AND RANGOON
Lieutenant-General Kawabe met the Japanese surrender delegates who landed at Manila. Lieutenant-General Sutherland represented General MacArthur in explaining that arrangements were being made for the signing of the unconditional...
British Movietone
SWEEPING UP THE DREGS
These pictures of Japanese prisoners in Burma reached London just about the time of Japan's unconditional surrender was being signed aboard the ""Missouri"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
LORD MOUNTBATTEN BACK IN BURMA
Lord and Lady Mountbatten were in Burma to present, on behalf of the King and the Government of India, the silver carpet and royal table of King Theebaw. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
BURMA INDEPENDENCE
The Union Jack comes down in Rangoon to be replaced by the Burmese National flag. As power is transferred Burma's last governor, Sir Hubert Rance departs. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
ADMIRAL LORD MOUNTBATTEN
Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma has been appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
British Movietone
SURRENDERS - MANILA AND RANGOON
Lieutenant-General Kawabe met the Japanese surrender delegates who landed at Manila. Lieutenant-General Sutherland represented General MacArthur in explaining that arrangements were being made for the signing of the unconditional...
Curated Video
Myanmar, Life on the Water - Inle lake
Inle Lake is in the Shan Hills of Myanmar. At its southwestern edge, Phaung Daw Oo Paya is a tiered pagoda with gilded Buddha statues. In the hills, near the market town of Indein, the stupas of Shwe Inn Dein Pagoda resemble a field of...
Bridgeman Arts
Scenes from war in Malaya and Burma, 1948
British and colonial troops in service to protect Malaya's rubber plantations and tin mines from the guerillas. Soldiers marching, and shooting. Soldier with a machete. Malayan civilian and farmland.
Bridgeman Arts
General MacArthur's offensive in the South West Pacific, 1943
General MacArthur's offensive in the Pacific, 1943. Battle, troops crossing the jungle rivers, Prisoners of War, Burma, 1943.
Curated Video
Human Right report offers mixed picture on Asia
1. Wide shot of Kenneth Roth at press conference
2. Cutaway of press
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch:
"There's been a setback in human rights in Burma (Myanmar) over the last year. A modest...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Workers Constructing New Railroad In Burma
A dirt road in Burma / men working with sacks of supplies / pack mule walking over a narrow wooden bridge / pack mules walking in line / river in mountainous jungle area / man pushing plunger on an explosion device / side of mountain...
Curated Video
Friction at APEC over policy towards Myanmar
Bangkok, Thailand - October 20, 2003
1. Leaders speaking to each other in circle at retreat
2. Different set of leaders speaking to each other
3. US President George W. Bush talking to leaders
4. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir...
Curated Video
9111B
STORY: In the past few years, the Golden Triangle in
south East Asia has yielded bumper crops of the opium
poppy, except in Thailand, where crop substitution
projects have helped...
Curated Video
Burma - Precious stones
(Duration: 4 minutes 41 seconds)
MUSIC: 'Crystal Vision' by Mo Foster; track 5, Crystal Vision
The troubled and often secretive state of Myanmar, known to most
of the world as Burma, has attracted international criticism in
recent years...
Curated Video
A Fraction Of Global Refugees Resettle In The U.S. Who Are They?
Around 1.5% of global refugees in need of resettlement become U.S. refugees. What sets them apart, and how does the U.S. select them?
Curated Video
Pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi urges world's business to invest in Myanmar
1. Wide shot of forum session at World Economic Forum
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Schwab, Co-founder and chairwoman of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship:
"Just today we received a very special message from a very special...
Curated Video
Business forum opens, comments by Badawi, delegates meet
AP Television News
1. Wide shot business forum
2. Mid shot Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar talking with ASEAN Secretariat Ong Keng-Yong and Malaysian Prime Minister Ahmed Abdullah Badawi writing
3. Tight shot of Badawi...
Curated Video
USA: ALBRIGHT ON INTERNATIONAL DRUGS TRADE
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Wednesday announced that Afghanistan and Myanmar remain ineligible for US aid because they are not cooperating in the fight against the international drugs trade.
The U-S State...
Curated Video
INDONESIA: WARREN CHRISTOPHER ARRIVES AT ASEAN 96 CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The U-S Secretary of State Warren Christopher has arrived at the (Association of South East Asian Nations) ASEAN meeting of Asian leaders in Jakarta.
He is hoping to convince leaders there to join several Western countries in...
Curated Video
Condoleezza Rice with Thai FM
1. US. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at roundtable with Thai leadership
2. Mid shot US. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
3. Mid shot Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
4. Various meeting
5. "Phuket/Thailand" sign
6....
Curated Video
President Biden Discusses Human Rights Concerns With China
Both sides suggested there were potential areas for cooperation, including climate change and nuclear weapons.
Curated Video
Secretary of state meets counterpart, comments
1. Wide of group photo with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Philippine cabinet members, zoom in to mid of Clinton and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary
2. Rear shot of Clinton and Romulo approaching lecterns for news...